Get Smart Part 2: Friend Smart

[1]     We need to look for, and be, a friend who – up!

Proverbs 12:26 (NIV)
The righteous choose their friends carefully, but the way of the wicked leads them astray.

Show me your friends and I’ll show you your future!

Proverbs 13:20 (MSG)
Become wise by walking with the wise; hang out with fools and watch your life fall to pieces.

Proverbs 22:24-25 (MSG)

Don’t hang out with angry people; don’t keep company with hotheads.
25 Bad temper is contagious— don’t get infected.

         Proverbs 20:19 (NLT) 

         A gossip tells secrets, so don’t hang around with someone who talks too much.

Proverbs 26:28 (CEV) 

         Watch out for anyone who tells lies and flatters— they are out to get you.

         Proverbs 25:19 (NLT) 

         Putting confidence in an unreliable person is like chewing with a toothache or walking on a broken foot.

         1 Corinthians 15:33 (NIV) 

         Do not be misled: “Bad company corrupts good character.’”

         Recommended Book:

Safe People: how to find relationships that are good for you and avoid those that aren’t! Drs. Henry Cloud & John Townsend

Proverbs 27:17 (NLT)
As iron sharpens iron, so a friend sharpens a friend.

[2]     We need to look for, and be, a friend who – up!

James 5:16 (MSG)

Make this your common practice: Confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you can live together whole and healed.

[3]     We need to look for, and be, a friend who – up!

Proverbs 20:5 (TEV)
A person’s thoughts are like water in a deep well, but someone with insight can draw them out.

[4]     We need to look for, and be, a friend who –  up!

Proverbs 24:26 (GN)

An honest answer is the sign of a true friendship. 

Proverbs 27:5-6 (NLT)

An open rebuke is better than hidden love! 6 Wounds from a sincere friend are better than many kisses from an enemy.

         Guidelines for “Speaking the Truth, in Love”:

• Compliment in public. Correct in private!
• Never rebuke a friend until you’ve proven that you’re open to receive correction!
• Correct others when they’re up not when they are down!

Proverbs 27:9 (NLT)
The heartfelt counsel of a friend is as sweet as perfume and incense.

[5]     We need to look for, and be, a friend who –  up!

  Proverbs 18:24 (MSG) 

         Friends come and friends go, but a true friend sticks by you …